Auction mart fined £16,000 after drover was attacked by horned bull

An auction mart has been prosecuted and fined £16,000 after a drover sustained a serious laceration to his leg following an incident with a horned bull.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Auction mart fined £16,000 after drover was attacked by horned bull

An auction mart has been prosecuted and fined 16,000 after a drover sustained a serious laceration to his leg following an incident with a horned bull. McCartneys, Ludlow, pleaded guilty to a breach...

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